How to Use debauchery in a Sentence

debauchery

noun
  • He recalled the evening's debaucheries with regret.
  • He later regretted the debauchery of his youth.
  • Watch the original movie's trailer for a taste of the debauchery to come.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • More than the debauchery, the concern was all the trash and other waste the event generates.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2020
  • What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery instead takes a dark and deadly turn.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • One wonders what these small-town teens make of the debauchery that surrounds them.
    New York Times, 22 July 2022
  • But according to the parents of the students who went, the party seemed to be one of debauchery.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022
  • This is a place known for trash and debauchery, and yet in walks gravitas and class?
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The cast stayed at a motel, where the debauchery rivaled the film’s toga party.
    Bruce Fretts, New York Times, 1 May 2018
  • Colin takes a break from the transportation beat to capture the best of infield debauchery.
    Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 15 May 2018
  • They're also filled with lurid tales of excess and debauchery.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Guests should expect more than just cheap drinks and drunken debauchery.
    Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • Still, there was an omnipresent cloud of weed in the air but little in the extent of noticeable debauchery.
    Michelle Lhooq, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Amid the debauchery of the milieu, ugly incidents presage the Nazi takeover.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Olson auditioned and won the part, which was then reworked to match the debauchery of the male characters.
    New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Stop in and cheers to another year of Wednesday night debauchery.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The result: an inky, lived-in black liner look that only hints at the debauchery from the night before.
    Karina Hoshikawa, Allure, 5 May 2019
  • No to the debauchery of the public mind, No to personal malice nursed and fed . .
    Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Mark your calendars for the last round of Gallagher debauchery.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The event was the last stop on a marathon festival circuit of premieres, panels and late-night yacht debauchery.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • Skins parties that recreated the debauchery from the hit British series.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But that doesn't quite convey the machismo, the serious drugs, the hedonism, the wild debauchery of the life.
    Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
  • Bangkok, Southeast Asia’s pearl of spice and debauchery.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • With that came a rise in crime, but also general debauchery like drinking and gambling.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2020
  • There would be little of the topless, trombone-playing debauchery of the usual march, this year.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 24 June 2020
  • Underneath that level of debauchery is always some kind of puzzle box mystery to solve.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 June 2022
  • Or a sparkling rainbow of sweaty bodies, debauchery, and breakout dance parties.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Rafe Davies has maintained his role as a spy for the crown hiding behind a public persona of rakish debauchery.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Images like this present, in a single frame, a compelling narrative of debauchery and dirt.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Their dispersed friends group reunites for an annual week of summer freedom and debauchery on the island.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 2 June 2022

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